Daily Memo: Developments in Lebanon and Iran

Beirut is moving ahead with a ceasefire, while Tehran is announcing plans for the Strait of Hormuz.

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Next step. The Lebanese army will begin deploying to “pilot zones” in the country’s south as part of a ceasefire agreement with Israel reached earlier this week, Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam announced. Under the deal, both countries will create these zones in which Lebanese troops will “take exclusive control of the territory to the […]

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